Nine killed as Turkish police raid alleged IS houseAP, ANKARAIslamic State (IS) militants yesterday clashed with police in northwest Turkey, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, the Turkish minister of the interior said. The shooting occurred in Elmali district in Yalova, south of Istanbul, as police stormed a house where the militants were hiding. Turkish gendarmerie special forces leave the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants in Yalova, Turkey, yesterday. The operation in Yalova was carried out with “great care,” because women and children were inside the house where the militants were located, he said. Meanwhile, the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation, assigning five prosecutors to lead the probe, Turkish Minister of Justice Yilmaz Tunc said on social media.

Source: Taipei Times December 29, 2025 16:45 UTC